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Apr 8, 2011, 2:21 am
You may have noticed that I haven't been updating my blog with recaps of the shows this season. For a number of reasons I decided not to do any recaps. Those reasons include:
The judges are boring: Say what you will about Simon, Paula, and even Horny Chick Kara, but they at least made some interest... Comment - Like
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Jan 17, 2011, 1:00 am
I guess I need to decide pretty soon if I'll be judging Season 10 from my armchair...
I'm still not sure. I'm not all that excited about Steven Tyler as an Idol judge, though I already have a nickname for him. Ladies and gentlemen... here's Jagger Lite! I've never been all that excited about Randy J... Comment - Like
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May 31, 2010, 10:24 pm
The longest season in American Idol history, or at least so it seems, is finally over, Just to show how little winning this competition means anymore both winner Lee DeWyze and first runner-up Crystal Bowersox signed recording contracts with 19 Entertainment, the producers of the show. It used to be... Comment - Like
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May 28, 2010, 12:29 am
A few thoughts on the finale, since I don't recap results shows...
While I thought Lee deserved to be in the Top 2 and he seems like a genuinely nice guy, I am a little disappointed by the result. It's because once again the best singer did not win a singing competition. I think I got caught up in t... Comment - Like
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May 26, 2010, 3:22 am
We have finally reached the grand finale of Season 9 and not a moment too soon. Every year at this time I feel like it has been years since the first audition shows back in January. Funny that time never seems to run that slow for everything else in my life. If time flies if you have fun, what does ... Comment - Like
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May 19, 2010, 2:17 am
I noted a couple of seasons ago that the Top 3 night is probably my favorite week of the Idol season. I have to admit that I enjoy the videos of the last three contestants making their triumphant tours of their hometowns. I know, I am such a softie.
The other reason I love this week is because this ... Comment - Like
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May 12, 2010, 3:15 am
Remember back when the Top 5 had to sing 2 solo songs? Ever since Fox gave up on this show and wanted to instead save time for other shows like Fringe and Glee the Idol contestants have not been tested like their predecessors were. Another thing that has not been tested since then has been my endura... Comment - Like
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May 5, 2010, 3:49 am
I came in from a long running dinner meeting at 10 PM, so to avoid seeing Craig Ferguson again tonight and multiple cups of coffee tomorrow I’m going to try and keep this recap short and sweet. Yeah, right.
Trained Seal declares Siobhan’s departure last week a “wake-up call,” not to the othe... Comment - Like
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Apr 28, 2010, 3:11 am
It is country with a twist this week, as the contestants will be singing country songs from only one artist, though, as Trained Seal points out, it is from “a very special songbook.” So let’s saddle up and ride and see which artist has been hiding their hidden country all this time.
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Apr 21, 2010, 2:47 am
Let us start by jumping into Captain Jack’s time machine and travel back 3 years time to the first Idol Gives Back week in Season 6. The theme then, as it is tonight, was songs of inspiration. Things looked promising with Bono as the tormentor and Sanjaya Malakar kicked off the show the week befor... Comment - Like
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Apr 14, 2010, 3:57 am
Like many of the contestants this season, both real and alleged, I am suffering from a nasty virus. However, since I do not have Trained Seal here to make excuses for me I feel that I must press on and get this recap out despite the feeling that I would be much better off going to bed early. At leas... Comment - Like
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Apr 7, 2010, 4:27 am
There is a way to fix this you know. All of you preparing to go on hunger strikes and burn effigies of Tim Urban, there is a way to fix this without resorting to violence or voodoo. Just get rid of the text voting. It is faster to place a text vote than a phone-in vote, even for a clumsy txtr like m... Comment - Like
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Mar 31, 2010, 4:48 am
Imagine the possibility that the final 7 could consist of Crystal Bowersox and all 6 guys, or that the final 8 could consist of Crystal, Siobhan Magnus, and all 6 guys. This is a very real possibility given how things are shaping up, and this after both Big Sexy and Captain Jack claimed that this wa... Comment - Like
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Mar 24, 2010, 5:09 am
OK, let’s see if I can finish this before 2:30 AM so I can show up at work on time tomorrow.
I was thinking of writing up a white paper on why I think the tweeners who have taken control of the voting are accelerating the path Idol is taking to cancelation, and why the Idol producers won’t do an... Comment - Like
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Mar 17, 2010, 5:01 am
OK, we have finally reached the sort of big stage with the stairs, the band in the catwalks, the mosh pit full of tweener girls, and the guy with the deep voice introducing Ryan and the judges. What is new this year is the screams from the tweeners being piped in during the opening credits, drowning... Comment - Like
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Mar 12, 2010, 1:25 am
First a quick Idol Gives Back review of tonight's cast-offs. Alex Lambert did not surprise me. He never did show off the supposedly great voice that the judges kept claiming he had. If you don't have the nerves to sing in front of a bunch of tweeners who cheer everything you sing no matter how bad, ... Comment - Like
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Mar 11, 2010, 2:32 am
Well, once again my non-Idol live interfered with my Idol life, and once again my DVR decided not to cooperate. It seems that it thought Idol began and ended at 5 PM today, so that is what it recorded. To make matters worse, it seems the DVR has forgotten how to pause or rewind during the show, at l... Comment - Like
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Mar 10, 2010, 2:18 am
I think this week I’ll try something new. Rather than write essay long paragraphs about each performance I’m going to instead use a bullet point format to list my thoughts and the wacky judges’ comments. I’m going to try this now to see if this will allow me to go to bed at a reasonable time... Comment - Like
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Mar 5, 2010, 2:10 am
Hey, guess what, I got to see the entire show, so lucky for you I’ll have two full wrap-ups this week for the first time since January. Of course I am late with this recap. I am not as young as I used to be and it is not as easy for me to stay up late on multiple nights typing these things up. Let... Comment - Like
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Mar 4, 2010, 11:26 am
I retired for the evening after getting about a third of the way through the recap of last night's show. When my head started bouncing off of the computer screen I took it as a sign that perhaps I should stop typing and pick it up tomorrow. The recap will be posted later this evening, but I wanted t... Comment - Like
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Mar 3, 2010, 3:48 am
Just in case the DVR wanted to be uncooperative again I watched the show live, or as live as it gets in the West Coast. But at least I don’t have to stay up past midnight to see the end of the World Series games. I only have to stay up past midnight to type these recaps.
From Hollywood, this is th... Comment - Like
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Feb 25, 2010, 1:59 am
First, a warning. I walked into the courtroom a little after 9 PM tonight thinking that my DVR would allow me to still see the entire show. Well, the blasted machine had other ideas and decided it did not want to work tonight. Not only did it not record but it would not allow me to rewind to the beg... Comment - Like
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Feb 24, 2010, 4:00 am
Continuing the director’s milieu this season of including behind the scenes shots we start the semi-finals with a shot of the director cueing Trained Seal from the booth. After the traditional manufactured drama from Ryan and the traditional main theme, we are set to begin the live portion of Seas... Comment - Like
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Feb 18, 2010, 1:42 am
Because of a number of reasons, some of them legit (like work) and some not so legit (my DVR lost the recording of the Denver audition show) I fell way behind on my recaps so I decided that I was going to skip recapping Hollywood Week. I hate recapping Hollywood Week anyway. All that jumping around ... Comment - Like
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Feb 2, 2010, 2:07 am
Yes, I know I am late with this recap. The 1 or 2 of you out there who know me know the reasons why. I won’t subject the rest of you to the details. I love you all but some things are best kept to one’s self. However, thanks to the miracle of modern technology known as the DVR I recorded last we... Comment - Like
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